DSM acquires flavor & fragrance biobased ingredients business of Amyris


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Royal DSM has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the flavor and fragrance (F&F) biobased intermediates business of Amyris.

Figure 1. DSM acquires biobased Flavor & Fragance ingredients business of Amyris

The business currently consisting of seven intermediate products (four already generating meaningful sales and EBITDA, two just launched and one under development) which will be added to DSM’s existing Personal Care & Aroma Ingredients activities.

In 2017, DSM acquired Amyris’ Farnesene business and technology for nutritional and F&F ingredients, as well as its Brotas (Brazil) biotechnology manufacturing facilities. DSM has been producing several F&F products for Amyris in this facility. Acquiring now the entire F&F business from Amyris is synergetic for DSM as it: (1) further strengthens its biotechnology base with F&F intermediate products and increases the scale of its biotechnology activities in nutritional ingredients; (2) broadens its existing offerings in Aroma Ingredients with additional biotechnology-based products for its F&F customer base; (3) strengthens its sustainability profile further, as biobased F&F ingredients offer additional alternatives to chemistry-based products as well as botanically-sourced ingredients.

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